(17518) Redqueen
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Asteroid (17518) Redqueen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6264 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0778 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4222 AU - 2.8307 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.4370 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.37 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Akira Natori Takeshi Urata |
| Date of discovery | 18th December 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 YD, 1998 GP 5th |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(17518) RedQueen is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 December 1992 by the Japanese astronomer Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo station ( IAU code 885) in Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the character of the Red Queen from the children's book Alice Behind the Mirrors by Lewis Carroll .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Redqueen: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17518) Redqueen in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17518) Redqueen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).